Centre may allocate Rs 1000 cr to TN for building roads

Centre is to allocate Rs 1,000 crore for Tamil Nadu from the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana to lay roads in interiors of more than 1,000 kms connecting villages to main towns. The Empowered......

Modi's top 2 schemes: Swachch Bharat, Jan Dhan

Only a few, including Jan Dhan and Swachch Bharat, have caught “the imagination” of the country in the first two years of the Modi government while most of its other schemes have......

Samajwadi Party protests in Upper House; forces 3 adjournments before noon

Samajwadi Party on Thursday forced three adjournments of Rajya Sabha in pre-noon session alleging discrimination by the Centre in releasing funds for Uttar Pradesh. Slogan-shouting SP members......

Attack me, but spare the farmers: Rahul fires fresh salvo against Modi

  Hitting out at the Modi government, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged it was trying get back at him by creating hurdles in implementation of development schemes in his constituency and was......

World Bank, ADB loans for rural roads

The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have agreed to provide about $800 million (approximately Rs 3,500 crore) for the development of rural roads. Of this, the World Bank will give $300......

Budget: Will infra outlay of Rs 2.21 lakh crore boost growth?

  Allocating a major share to infrastructure that includes Rs 2.21-lakh crore (Rs 2.21-trillion) outlay, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said enhanced allocations coupled with reforms......

Govt plans NREGA-type scheme for urban poor

Buoyed by the success of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Actscheme, the government mulls an NREGA-type poverty alleviation programme for the urban poor. "The government is planning such a......

Govt aims to build 1.95 cr affordable houses in 2 years: FM

These houses will have amenities such as LPG, electricity and toilets, she said. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government will build 1.95 crore houses under the Pradhan......